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Question
What is the significance of double fertilization in angiosperms?
Explanation
Double fertilization is unique to flowering plants; one sperm fuses with the egg to form a diploid zygote, while the other fuses with the two polar nuclei to form a triploid endosperm, which nourishes the developing embryo.
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